coronoapical
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the coronal and apical aspects of a tooth (the crown and the root apex); as (usually, more specifically) being on the longitudinal axis of the tooth, defined by those poles.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-der. Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē)bor. Latin corōna Italian coronabor. English corona Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apic- Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English apical English coronoapical From corona + -o- + apical.